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Old 04-07-2013, 12:11 PM
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my 97 f 150 will not shift with the manual button on end of shifter no light comes on i suspect a broken wire in shift tube or colum how hard to fix? truck shifts fine automatically
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Old 04-07-2013, 12:42 PM
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The overdrive button if it hasnt changed from 94 should pop out after you take the plastic end of the shifter off where the button is
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Quite common for the wires to break where shifter meets column.
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I bought new shifter with button for $35 on ebay and took 30 minutes to replace. Worked perfect!!!!!!
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